Pastor’s Blog
Conscience: Psalm 103:13-14
Thank God for the conscience! It's like the moral pain center. Without the experience of pain, which no one likes, we'd get hurt worse and worse. The saying in the gym is, "If it hurts, stop." And without the conscience, we'd go deeper and deeper into sin until consequences became irrevocable.
The Fight: Psalms 57 & 142
When David was on the run, hiding to save his life, he wrote two psalms about living in caves. During that period, sometimes he felt hopeful and encouraged (Psalm 57), and at other times he felt hopeless and discouraged (Psalm 142). In both, he is up and down, fighting for faith.
Back and Forth: Psalms 57 & 142
Some people like to go spelunking, i.e. cave exploring. The helmets with the lights on them. The ropes and harnesses. That's going into caves for fun, but imagine if you had to live in one. That'd include a sleeping bag on a hard floor. Drip-drip-dripping. Bats, maybe. And now imagine that you have to live in one because you are on the run for your life. That'd include fearfulness to be seen outside the cave. Missing the friends and family you used to see all the time.